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1979 VTRMC #7
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8/8/2018
Let S be a finite set of non-negative integers such that
∣
x
−
y
∣
∈
S
| x - y | \in S
∣
x
−
y
∣
∈
S
whenever
x
,
y
∈
S
x , y \in S
x
,
y
∈
S
. (a) Give an example of such a set which contains ten elements. (b) If
A
A
A
is a subset of
S
S
S
containing more than two-thirds of the elements of
S
S
S
, prove or disprove that every element of
S
S
S
is the sum or difference of two elements from
A
A
A
.
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